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Army IT agency head departs for Energy

A new face is joining the IT leadership ranks at the Department of Energy just as
the agency's chief information officer leaves for a new post.

Donald Adcock, who served from 2010 until this month as the executive director of
the Army Information Technology Agency, has left the Pentagon to
become the associate CIO for IT services at Energy. He will oversee functions such
as enterprise operations, infrastructure management, customer care and IT project
management, according to the Energy CIO's organization chart.

Donald Adcock, the new associate CIO for IT
services, Energy Department

The change comes amid news, first reported by Federal News Radio, that Energy CIO
Mike Locatis is leaving to become the assistant secretary for cybersecurity
and communications at the Homeland Security Department. Deputy Energy CIO Robert
Brese is serving as acting chief information officer for the time being.

At the Army's ITA, which serves as the primary IT service provider for the
Pentagon and many other DoD facilities in the national capital region, John
Berthiaume is now the acting executive director, an agency spokesman said.
Berthiaume has been the agency's deputy director since last October and previously
served in several IT and communications positions at the Defense Intelligence
Agency.

ITA has been in charge of data center consolidation and several other IT mission
areas as the executive agent for common IT services in the Pentagon. Its next
major challenge is handling the consolidation of DoD's many networks in the
building, Adcock told Federal News Radio in a March interview.

"I think as resources become more scrutinized, it's going to drive these changes,"
he said. "Budgets are shrinking and the Defense Department has to reshape. I think
for the first time in a long time we have the change agent that we need."